Scott Thompson at CHML thinks it is hilarious that I tried figure skating on Battle of the Blades. As Scott says, I look like Linus being pulled around by my blanket. Hey, I’ll try anything once, especially if Marie-France Dubreuil is coaching. You can listen in on the radio conversation here, and you can watch
It’s so rare when things work out in such a common sense way in Canadian television that I’m not even sure this is real. Yet everyone I just interviewed for the hurry up CP story says its true–Murdoch Mysteries has been saved.The Canadian historical drama, readers here will recall, was set to be phased out
Host MacLean and skaters Dubreuil and Berard face judge Bezic Battle of the Blades is one of those shows you really should see live. The skating performances look great on camera, but there is a big event energy to an actual taping as I discovered again Sunday night at the Mastercard Centre. This was my
Here is the video of my fun skate Friday with Battle of the Blades finalist Marie-France Dubreuil. The stunt took place at Toronto’s Mastercard Centre. Thanks to the elegant, Dubreuil, her game Blades partner Bryan Berard and choreographer Michael Seibert for their on-ice coaching during the session. That kooky sideways shot is courtesy of Berard,
I now know the biggest challenge Bryan Berard has to face every time he takes to the ice with Marie-France Dubreuil on Battle of the Blades: it’s impossible to look away from her face.You’d normally want to look down, make sure you’re not tripping over your toe picks or something. But having skated with her
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know what the hell I was doing down in Las Vegas. Told him I was here to interview the main dudes behind Pawn Stars, including the one and only Chumlee (right, eagerly taking the keys to my ’97 Lumina for 90 days plus interest).Chumlee, pawn shop owner Rick
LAS VEGAS–What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas–unless you’re blogging about Las Vegas.I’m out here in Sin City for the first time in ages. They tell me Bugsy is gone. So is Sammy, Frank and Dean. Now the big names up on the giant neon billboards on all these fancy new theme park hotels around
I’m too scared to watch The Walking Dead. Same with American Horror Story. So University of Western Ontario student and horror film fan Kira Charron–who previously filed her impressions of Terra Nova for TVFMF—adds this review on all things spooky this TV season.By KIRA CHARRON Horror film directors have a reason to be scared. So